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(Updated 16 June 2009)

The Orchestral Musician's CD-ROM Library
Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 AND 10 Now in Stock!
Available for all orchestral instruments. Contains complete parts for each section (for example: flute 1, flute 2, and piccolo in the flute edition) to orchestral masterworks on CD-ROM in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format.
Discounts are available on sets.

View the tables of contents and order any or all the CD-ROMs from the Orchestral Musicians CD-ROM Library. It can be accessed from the link or the menu (under More Books and More). They are also listed on the individual pages for woodwind and brass instruments.

New & Featured Items and Specials!
Clarinet

NEW: Heroes & Heroines of Clarinettistry

NEW: Shackleton Collection
NEW: The Everyday Virtuoso

NEW: The Clarinet by Hoeprich
NEW: Richard Mühlfeld, Brahms' Clarinettist

NEW: The Complete Bonade

Flute

SALE:
Flute Stories

BACK IN STOCK:
Complete Guide to the Flute & Piccolo

NEW: My Teacher, Remembering Marcel Moyse

NEW: The Complete Piccolo

NEW: Orchestral Techniques for Flute and Piccolo
Bel Canto Flute: The Rampal School
Flute by Galway

Overstock Specials:
F069: Flute Stores: 101 Inspirational Stories from the World's Best Flute Players ($3.00 off regular price)
G89: Haydn Six Divertimentos Hob. IV:6-11 for Violin or Flute, Violin and Violoncello by Joseph Haydn
F186: Haydn Trios Hob. IV:1-4 for Two Flutes and Violoncello (London Trios) by Joseph Haydn
F015: Tone Development Through Extended Techniques by Robert Dick

Saxophone

A Comprehensive Guide to the
Saxophone Repertoire 1844-2003
Saxophone

The Devil's Horn

The Saxophone
Is My Voice

NEW: Larry Teal

We have significantly increased our stock of saxophone music please take a look.

Oboe and Bassoon

The Oboe
NEW: Marcel Tabuteau by Storch

Back in Print: Oboe Reed Styles by Ledet

Oboe
Bassoon
NEW: A Bundle of Joy by Vonk

Overstock Specials:
Ob038: Orchestral Studies for Oboe Book I
Ob039: Orchestral Studies for Oboe Book II
B17: Concert Studies for Bassoon Op. 26, Book 2 (26-50) by Ludwig Milde

Brass, Woodwind, and General

NEW: The Woodwind Players Cookbook

NEW: Circular Breathing: a Method
Tipbook Trumpet & Trombone
Clarinet, Saxophone,& Flute Repair Manual
The Art of Breathing
NEW: Practicing Successfully

Overstock Specials:
BR03: The Canadian Brass Book by Rick Walters
BR01: French Music for Low Brass Instruments by Thompson and Lemke
G22: The Athletic Musician, A Guide to Playing without Pain by Paull and Harrison
G12: Confident Music Performance - The Art of Preparing by Barbara Schneiderman
WW165: Molly on the Shore Music for Woodwind Band by Percy Aldridge Grainger

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